The purpose of this article is to provide information to help interpret the Moderate, Normal, and Critical status fields that appear on the view settings dialog for the "Top Cisco UCS Chassis Fan - State/Temperature/Speed (Table/Bar)" and the "Top Cisco UCS Chassis Power Supply - State/Temperature/Power (Table/Bar)" views

Question:

How do I interpret the Moderate, Normal, and Critical status fields that appear on the view settings dialog for the Cisco UCS fan and power supply?

Answer:

These two views both appear on the "Cisco UCS Chassis Overview" dashboard and the "Cisco UCS Overview" dashboard.

The views each display two bar charts, the "Time in Good State (%) - Average" and the "Fan Temp (c) - Average", for different Cisco UCS components.

The "Time in Good State (%) - Average" indicates the percentage of time the fan overall operating condition is "Good", meaning that the UCS system feels it is functioning within its design specifications.

It is expected that higher values are good (Green), i.e. that the fan is operating in a "Good" state the majority of the time.